Wheel-flange lubricator.



T. J. WHOLEY. WHEEL FLANGE LUBRICATOR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. m6.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

ATTORNEYS WITNESSES TIMOTHY J'. WHOLEY, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHEEL-FLANGE LUBRICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11 0 1211 "X.

Application filed June 9, 1916. Serial No. 102,644.

flange lubricator and a novel construction of stick employed inconjunction with the lubricator.

It further consists of a novel lubricator which comprises a novelconstruction of a casing adapted to receive a stick of lubricant, anovel construction for supporting said casing, whereby it may be readilyadjusted in accordance with the conditions and requirements met with inpractice,

sure on the end of the stick, and a novel construction and arrangementof closures whereby a fresh stick of lubricant maybe inserted withoutdismantling the device.

It further consists of a novel construc tion of a slide or shoe which isadapted to be connected with the stick of lubricant.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafter moreclearly appear in the detailed description of my invention.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in theaccompanying drawin s one form thereof which is at pres- 5 cut preferredby me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliableresults, although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities asherein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a wheel flange lubricator andlubricating stick therefor embodying my invention, the lubricator beingshown in assembled position with respect to a support and a car wheel.

viewed from the rear, of a casing closure in detached position.

Fig. 3 represents a plan view of a rotatable supporting stem.

Fig. 4 represents a section on line 44 tended and provided with an openslot 24, 110 Fig.

Fig. 5 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of my invention,the parts being shown 1n a different relation from that seen in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of the slide or shoe and a portionof the lubricant stick.

Fig. 7 represents in perspective the parts SEQ/H.111 Fig. (3 in detachedposition.

Fig. 8 represents a section on line 8-8 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 9 represents a perspective view of the roller seen in Fig. 5.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings l designates a supporting frame-work of anydesired character, to which the bracket 2 is connected by means offastening devices rupted tooth portions 4., with which the serrated face5 of a stem 6 is adapted to adjustably engage and be maintained inposition by means of a bolt 7 which is guided by the flange 8 on thelower face of the bracket.

The bolt 7 is provided with the sleeve nut 9, which latter is guided bythe walls of the aperture 10 in the laterally extending portion of aflange 11 projecting outwardly from the bracket 2. The sleeve nut 9 isin threaded engagement with the bolt 7 and serves to maintain the stem 6in its adjusted position, it being understood that the stem 6 isrotatably adjusted with respect to the bracket 2.

12 designates an arm provided with an apertured sleeve 13, therebyadapting the same to be received on the stem 6. Cap screws 14; areprovided which look the sleeve 13 in its adjusted position on the stem6. 15 designates a casing, which is provided on one of its sides with asleeve or collar 16, which is adapted to receive the arm 12, whichlatter is locked in position by means of fastening devices 17, such asfor example, cap screws, the inner ends of which engage the arm 12. Therear end of the casing 15 is provided on opposite sides with theoutwardly extending ribs 18, with which are flanges 19 of an end-cap orclosure 20, which a 3. The bracket 2 is provided with the inter- 20novel means for exertlng a constant pres- Fig. 2 represents aperspective view, adapted to interlock the inwardly extending isprovided with a top 21, adapted to seat on r the top face 22 at the endof the casing 15. The rear wall 23 of the closure 20 1s exin threadedengagement with the outwardly extending boss or lug 26 at the end of thecasing 15. In the present instance, this boss or lug extends downwardlyfrom the bottom of the casing and is provided with a slot 27, whichcommunicates with a slot 28 in the bottom of the casing 15, said slot 28forming a shoulder 29 at its forward end, the purpose of which willhereinafter appear.

30 designates a stick of hard lubricant which in the present instance isof rectangular contour in order to conform to the opening in the casing15. This stick of lubricant is manufactured in the following manner:Proper proportions o graphite, mineral grease, gum and alum, are mixedtogether and heated to a desired degree and then pressed into a stickconforming to the shape which it is desired to make. The graphite andthe mineral grease serve as a lubricant. The gum acts as a binder, andin some cases, I also employ a proper amount of rosin, which also actsas a.binder. The purpose of the alum is to effect the hardening of thecompound. I may also use clay as an ingredient.

The forward end of the stick of lubricant is preferably shaped toconform to the wheel flange 31 with which it is used. The rear end ofthe stick of lubricant has its sides cut away, as at 32, in order thatit may be received in the shoe or slide 33 which is apertured for suchpurpose. The sides of the shoe or slide 33 are preferably recessed as at34 in order to reduce the friction.

35 designates a lug. extending from the bottom of the shoe 30 andadapted to pass through the slot 28 in the bottom of the casing 15. Thislug engages the shoulder 29 to prevent the lubricant stick 30 frompassing from the casing, and it also serves to move the shoe and stickfrom the casing, it being seen that the lug 35 is adapted to passthrough the groove 27 at the rear end of the casing, so that a new stickof lubricant may be inserted Without dismantling the lubricating deviceor .varying its adjustment. In practice, I preferably extend the topface of the shoe 33, as indicated at 36, in order to form a graspingportion.

37 designates a weight, for example, a roller located in the casing 15in rear of the shoe 33, and this roller serves as a weight to maintain aconstant and uniform pressure against the rear end of the stick oflubricant, so that its forward or free end will be maintained in properrelationship with respect to the article which is being lubricated. Thecasing 15 may be rotatably adjusted on the arm or stem 12. The arm orstem 12 may be rotatably adjusted on the stem 6, and the preferred stem6 may be rotatably adjusted on the supporting bracket 2. By suchconstruction, the bracket may be secured at any convenient location, anddue to the inclination of the casing 15, the stick of lubricant 30 willbe moved forwardly, due to the pressure of the roller 37. 4

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful wheelflange lubricator and lubricating stick therefor, which embodies thefeatures of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of theinvention and the above description, and

.While I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferredembodiment thereof which will give in'practice satisfactory and reliableresults, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible ofmodification in various particulars Without departing from the spirit orscope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A lubricator, comprising a casing having a sleeve presented at anangle to the longitudinal axis of said casing, a shoe having limitedlongitudinal movement in the casing, a stick of lubricant carried bysaid shoe, a roller in rear of said shoe, and means engaging said sleeveto support said casing.

2. A lubricator, comprising a casing having a lug at one end and a slotextending through a wall of the casing and said lug, a closure tointerlock with the casing, a shoe within the casing havin a lug to entersaid slot, and a stick of lubricant carried by said shoe whereby saidshoe and stick of lubricant may be removed as a unit from said casing. v

3. A lubricator, comprising a casing having a lug at one end and a slotextending through a wall of the casing and said lug, a closure tointerlock with the casing, a shoe within the casinghaving a lug to entersaid slot, and a stick of lubricant carried by said shoe whereby saidshoe and stick of lubricant may be removed as a unit from said casinupon the removal of said closure.

4. Z lubricator, comprising a casin having its forward end open and sideauges at its rear end, a closure to interlock with said side flanges, afastening device for said closure, a shoe having limited longitudinalmovement in the casing, a stick of lubricant secured to said shoe, andmeans to support said casing.

TIMOTHY J. WHOLEY. Witnesses:

H. S. FAIRBANKS, O. D. MOVAY.

